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On Linguistic Creation

by Steven H. Cullinane on June 25, 1999

Part I: The Matrix of Abraham

23

6

19

2

15

4

12

25

8

16

10

18

1

14

22

11

24

7

20

3

17

5

13

21

9

Part II: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobs

  1. "This illustration shows a... perfect square."
    -- R. M. Abraham, Diversions and Pastimes (Dover, 1964)
  2. "F = ma."
    -- Isaac Newton (born on Christmas Day, 1642)
  3. "December 25, 1958 -- from Mary"
    -- Dedication on a copy of Naming-Day in Eden, by N. J. Jacobs (Macmillan, 1958)
  4. "God... asked Adam to name Him...
    Adam, quoting Scripture, complied: 25."
    -- Scripture [3] above, page 25
  5. "The Devil, unlike the angels, was at home in the world of phenomena. He knew how to combine pure concepts with empirical intuitions... which is the basic principle of linguistic creation."
    -- [3] (Jacobs, Naming-Day in Eden)
  6. "Such is the square dance of Numbers."
    -- Jacques Derrida, Dissemination, 1972
  7. "It all adds up."
    -- Saul Bellow, book title, 1994